FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER – Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church will hold a “Super Fun Parking Lot Sale” on Sat, Aug. 11, from 8 a.m. to noon. Funds raised will help defray medical costs for the family of 7-year old Virginia Mochel, who is fighting leukemia. Small donations may also be delivered from [...]

WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG. 8, 2012 – Vargas, elected in 2006, tenders her resignation but gives no official reason By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor West Sacramento’s school board is in flux, with three of the five seats up for election in November and a fourth board member announcing her resignation. Board member Sandra Vargas [...]

NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — AUG 8, 2012 – In today’s News-Ledger newspaper, we mentioned that Alicia Cruz (“parent/community volunteer”) and Coby Pizzotti (“consultant/legislative advocate”) have filed candidacy papers for the school board election. Fresh news this morning is that Katie Villegas has just done the same. She is executive director of the Yolo County Children’s Alliance [...]

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 1, 2012 – News items below are collected from police dispatchers’ notes and arrest reports. The information in them has often not been verified beyond the initial reports. July 26, 12:57 a.m. A woman called 911 from a payphone at a Harbor Boulevard mini-market, threatening suicide. A year [...]

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER – The West Sacramento library branch is promoting reading by inviting kids of all ages to read to a therapy dog for 15 minutes on the second and fourth Friday of each month, 3:30-5 p.m. at 1212 Merkley Avenue. First come, first to read. Copyright News-Ledger 2012

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER – Martin Tuttle, West Sacramento’s new city manager, will be guest speaker at the chamber of commerce “Break for Lunch” gathering from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 9 at Club Pheasant. Deadline to register is Aug. 8. Call 371-7042 or visit the calendar section at www.WestSacramentoChamber.com. Copyright News-Ledger [...]

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 1, 2012 – Ian Gilmour, a firefighter/emergency medical technician with the West Sacramento Fire Department, was chosen by the national Veterans of Foreign Wars organization as “firefighter of the year” for 2012. Nominees were in the hundreds, reports Gary Reason, commander of Post 8762 in West Sacramento. They [...]